Orthodontist Reacts: Girl Not Wearing Retainer Does What?!?! 😬 #shorts

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[changbintookj-hopeslastspr]

thank you for this. many don’t understand the importance of mental health and how much of a toll it has on us

[TheBracesGuyOfficial]

There is such a stigma with mental illness, so let’s break that now. We ALL struggle, so give each other and yourself grace. You are never alone! ❤️

[TheBracesGuyOfficial]

Just be honest with your orthodontist if you’re struggling. They are here to help, I promise!

[jadet-rex]

The understanding in his voice made me tear up. Personally, I've never worn a retainer, so I didn't have to go through anything like this but the downright acknowledgement hit

[heatherconway]

My orthodontist didn't care when the bottom retainer was made wrong from the beginning. He just kept telling me to make it fit. My mom wasn't with me for this fitting and he rushed me in and out so fast, he didn't even have me sit in a chair.
3 weeks later, my bottom teeth were getting out of line and he accused me of not wearing my retainer.
Meanwhile, my mom had been calling almost every day about this retainer making my teeth crooked and it took them 3 weeks to get me in.
My mom vouched for me that I wore both of them despite the bottom one not fitting until it finally fit, after making my teeth crooked.
I came in with both retainers in and showed how easily I put them on.
He snatched the bottom retainer from me, still blamed me, and said he would have to have the lab remake it. When mom and I both said "thank you" in a relieved voice, he responded with "well, I shouldn't have to do this. If you had done everything correctly from the beginning, you wouldn't have messed up your retainer." My mom and I were both just stunned but of course my smart ass said "well if you would've done what you were supposed to do then the retainer wouldn't have messed up my teeth"
He began to argue with me, my mom won that argument.
They never called back with the new retainer. My teeth started to hurt after 2 weeks because they were moving. My mom called his office non stop. Finally, after a month, she had to get me invisaline to fix my teeth... and sent him the bill.
Later, we found out why he was such an asshole. My astranged dad was behind on payments. They never brought this up to me, my mom, no one. So he ruined 4 years of work because my deadbeat dad was $300 behind on payments and instead of telling my mom, he decided to take it out on a 14 year old.
Yes.. he paid the invisaline bill.
Moral of the story, retainers are very important and even adults can be dicks.

[TheBracesGuyOfficial]

She did the right thing!! 👍🏼 End of the video gives more instructions on what to do!

[ramsiethegremlin]

I feel so bad for not brushing my teeth due to my lack of energy and my dentist always would say “taking care of your health will make you feel ten times better.” When I couldn’t physically get out of bed. Hearing that some dentists/orthodontists care makes me want to look for a good dentist like you.

[kerbubbles]

How do i find a dentist like you 😭 my dad never made me brush my teeth as a kid and as an adult with ADHD i find it extremely difficult to get into the habit, and because of my anxiety I'm deathly terrified of dentists because of the possible judgement 🥺 every time i even think about calling to set an appointment i burst into tears

[indianaajoness]

If only my orthodontist was like you omg you’re the kindest human being!

[ceatonbusch]

Thank you. I love that kids these days are growing up with support we didn't have. This is so incredibly important.

[Cynnas]

My dentist has a health form to review every checkup and there's a section that mentions mental health. I checked off "depression" and she asks how I'm doing knowing that during an episode dental hygiene isn't always a priority.

[hbhtcr]

This made me sad :/ I remember being like that. I wouldn’t brush my teeth. I could barely shower. Just stepping outside felt like walking through molasses. It gets better.

[imalaycarlinrodriguez]

That sound when she bites the paper towel gives me goosebumps ..

[sexy_garbage]

I literally apologized to my dentist a few weeks ago because I knew my teeth weren’t the greatest because I’ve been really depressed lately and it’s hard for me to get up and brush and floss my teeth every single day and she actually said to me “a lot of people have a hard time getting up everyday but you should be able to at least take care of your teeth better” I started tearing up because I already beat myself up everyday for the things I can’t do better and she just looked over gave me a little “tsk” and handed me a tissue. I don’t even really get out of bed to eat everyday and it just really hurt me and I can’t stop thinking about what she said. Not all dentists care about their patients.

[trapdoored]

the amount of safeness and comfort from this. ❤️

[KaraHD]

I had a dentist roll her eyes and sigh when I told her that I hadn't taken care of myself because of my mental health

[xallisonpaige]

I’ve always had bad experiences with dental stuff in general because I’ve always found they don’t take the time to ask WHY you’re not taking care of your teeth and all that. I still think hygienists and dentists should have to take some sort of mental health related classes to understand people genuinely are trying to keep their head above water.

Thank you for this ❤

[belyndamaniez]

There is so much care and understanding in his voice at the beginning... ❤❤

[ericcartman]

But it's like no cap how dentists and orthodontists care about your mental health. I was severely depressed for 2 years and stopped taking care of myself, including brushing my teeth, and they were rotting, chipped and just horrible. I was so embarrassed but they were all so nice to me and never made me feel bad for the condition of my teeth.

[thesuwus.]

My dentist literally yelled at me I front of everyone because I was so depressed I couldn't even brush my teeth and my grandma just sided with him 😩✋